Trip route planning

Due to their limited range, the Atlantic Ocean crossing in these little single engine planes goes North, to Greenland and Iceland. They use to be modified with extra fuel tanks for very long range and flights of more that six hours, but as I am not in a hurry and this project is just for fun, I will do shorter legs. Based upon Bob Webster’s site and other articles from magazines, I have planned a feasible route with flights of less than 300 NM when possible. Furthermore, there will be some derouting to visit nearby iconic fields, like KSTL Lambert - St. Louis (McDonnell Douglas factory home airport), KOSH Oshkosh - Wittman Regl. (home of the Experimental Aircraft Association and Air Venture airshow), EGLF Farnborough (with its famous international aviation fair) and LFPB Paris - Le Bourget (destination of Lindbergh's flight and place of the Paris Air Show fair).



All the selected airports have AvGas fuel, except for Le Bourget. In case that the airplane will not have enough range for the two legs without refueling, I will add a new intermediate stop. The great circle distance of 4,285.5 NM between Independence and Sabadell is increased to 5,138.7 NM in my planned route.



Of course, only international airports with customs have been selected to cross country borders between non-Schengen nations. Besides, all airports are IFR capable but the final destination. Finally, thorough planning of the route, fuel, diversion airports and weather observations and forecasts will be done prior to each flight. Note that the routing could be modified due to weather or other real-life reasons.